Julia+Agoston


 * SUMMARY: Julia Agoston, age 24, died March 12, 1928 after an perpetrated in Chicago. Dr. Anton Feher and Dr. Helen Moskowitz were charged in Julia's death.**

On February 4, 1928, 24-year-old Julia Agoston underwent a criminal abortion in Chicago. The coroner concluded that the abortion had been perpetrated in her home. On March 12, Julia died at St. Elizabeth's Hospital. On March 31, Dr. Anton Feher, Dr. Helen Moskowitz, Susie Kosmos, and Julia's husband Manhart Agoston were held by the coroner. The physicians were held as principals. The two laypersons were held as accessories. Moskowitz was indicted for felony murder on November 23.

Julia's abortion was typical of illegal abortions in that it was performed by a physician. Keep in mind that things that things we take for granted, like antibiotics and blood banks, were still in the future. For more about abortion in this era, see [|Abortion in the 1920s].



For more on pre-legalization abortion, see [|The Bad Old Days of Abortion]

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 * [|Homicide in Chicago Interactive]

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